Seeding-machine



UNITED; STATES PATENT l FFI@ ALBERT PHILIPP, OF APPLETON, WISCONSIN.

SEEDING-MACHINE.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT PH1L1PP,of Appleton, in the county of Outagamie and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Seeding Machine for Sowing Small Grains and Seeds Broadcast; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, Plate 1, is a longitudinal central section of my invention, taken in the line y y, Fig. 1, Plate 2. Fig. 1, Plate 2, is a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line l Z, Fig. 1, Plate 1. Fig. 2, Plate 1, is a perspective view of the seed-cylinders. Fig. 3, Plate 1, is a perspective view of the slides for changing the seed apertures or receptacles. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cap. Fig. 2, Plate 2, is a view of the lever P and the pinion O', used for throwing the seeding apparatus in and out of gear with the drivingwheel B, Fig. 1, Plate 1. Fig. 1, Plate 3, is a vertical view of a different arrangement for sowing two different kinds of seeds at the same time and distinct from each other.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to ldescribe it.

L represents a rectangular frame, which is mounted on two wheels, B B, and has a box, A, placed on it extending its whole width.

Within the frame L is placed a shaft, N, with a pinion, O', on the end gearing into pinion O on the hub of wheel B. The pinion is fitted loosely on the shaft N, the part on which it slides being square, with a corresponding hole in the pinion, the hub of the pinion having a groove in its inner end,'in which the jaws of the lever P, as seen in Fig. 2, Plate 2, are tted, to slide it in and out of gear with the wheel B.

Ou the shaft N is placed the seed-cylinders D D, composed of three parts, D, D, and F, the central portion being stationary on the shaft, having a disk in its center, with radial ianges on its surface and attached to the disk. The parts D D are hollow, with radial flanges corresponding with those on the central part, and they slide onto it, so as to form two rows of seed-receptacles, one each side of the disk, as seen in Fig. 2, Plate 1, where a a represent the apertures and e e the iianges. The parts D D have a groove, g, in their outer ends, in which the arms Z Z are tted and operated bythe levers I I, attached to the slides G Gr, to increase or diminish the size of the seed-apertures. The cylinders have a cap, m, Fig. 4, Plate 1, with a plain upper surface, with a semi-cylindrical surface underneath fitting to the cylinders, with two openings, c o, to admit the seed to be sown from the hopper'into the seed-receptacles. This cap is fastened to the bottom of the hopper A, and has a projection on its upper surface iitting into the under edge ofthe partition L.

The slides G Gr are placed inside the frame L each side of the cylinders D, with the arms Z Z securely attached and fitting into the grooves q, the slides being operated by the levers I. The apertures are thus changed in size, as desired.

0n the under side the frame L is adependent tube, n, attached to receive the grain or seed as it falls from the cylinders, with a semicone, 1^, at its base, with the inclines t' t on the inner sides of the tube and above the top of the cone, to throw the seed in its descent upon its center, giving it an equal distribution and scattering it evenly all over the surface of the ground. The front side of the tube (not shown in the drawings) has a similar incline on its inner surface.

From the shaft h, passing through the ends of the arms g g, attached to the ends 'of the frame at each side of the machine, are cultivator-beams with cultivators attached, which cover the seed.

c c represent spools between the beams to keep them in proper position apart. E is a lifting-bar by which they are raised from the ground by the aid ofthe lever R, connected to the lifting-bar by a cord or chain, f.

L in Fig. 1, Plate 2, is the partition in grain box or hopper, forming two receptacles for different kinds of seed to be sown, as before described.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The seed-cylinders D, composed of three parts with corresponding anges, with the constructed as specied, the arms Z Z,attaehed central disk, forming two rows of vseedmeor-mto slides Gr G, by which the parts of the cylintacles, whereby two kinds of seed can be sown der are operated to increase or lessen the seedat the same time or separately, as shown and apertures, as set forth and described.

u desribed. ALBERT PHILIPP.

2. The tube n i fr, when constructed and arranged and employed in the particular manner NVitnesses: herein specified. HIRAM BARBER,

3. In combination with seed-cylinders DD, EDWARD SCHUBEL. 

